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Shruti Tyagi joins Voot as senior director, marketing

Discovery Communications India, brand and marketing lead, Shruti Tyagi has resigned from her post after an almost 5-year working experience and joined Viacom18 streaming platform Voot as senior director- marketing. The news was shared by Shruti on her LinkedIn a...

Zee Theatre set to release two classic plays

On the occasion of the birth anniversary of noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar, Zee Theatre is set to release two of his popular plays ‘Khamosh Adaalat Jari hai’ and ‘Sakharam B’ on Airtel Spotlight on January 6, at 2 pm and 6 pm. Sakharam B: Vijay Tendulkar’s one...

Voot Select new Kannada original series ‘Humble Politiciann Nograj’ to release Jan 6

India’s fastest growing premium video-on-demand service, Voot Select is all set to make a grand entry in the Kannada market with its maiden Kannada language series ‘Humble Politiciann Nograj’. Produced by Applause Entertainment in association with Firstaction Studios and Danish Sait, ‘Humble Politician Nograj’ is written and...

UPI AUTOPAY feature goes live on SonyLiv

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that UPI AUTOPAY is now live on the streaming platform SonyLIV. Millions of SonyLIV customers can now set standing instructions for their recurring subscription payments using UPI AUTOPAY and enjoy a ha...

Mirchi brings sixth season of ‘Mirchi Flat 983’

Mirchi, India's no. 1 city-centric music and entertainment company, has kickstarted the sixth season of its marquee property, ‘Mirchi Flat 983’, in association with Investors Clinic— India’s one-stop solution for all things real-estate. Championing the theme for the season—'Jinhone bachaye ghar, Unke l...

Gaana launches new AI feature

Homegrown music streaming platform Gaana has launched a new AutoQueue feature on the platform for users. The feature will enable users to select and play a song, following which Gaana will play similar songs on its own. This will help to reduce the manual sea...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!